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flesh precedes the spiritual life in normal life (1 Cor 15:46) i.e. the body must be
alive before the spirit enters. This process, in accordance with the duality
principle, is reversed at resurrection as the old body is dead or is changed (1 Cor
15:43-48). At resurrection we add to the dominion over the natural world with
dominion in and by Christ over the spiritual world, so the duality principle applies
to ‘image’ (1 Cor 15:49), ‘glory’ (1 Cor 15:43) and dominion (1 Cor 15:43, 47, 49,
50).

Blood being the life of the flesh is also via Christ the medium of life eternal as was
presaged by the Covenant of blood (Ex 24:8). This covenant of blood, which had
applied to all mankind, expired (was broken by fulfilment, broken as it was a
curse) at the death of Jesus, not exactly the same process as sacrifice within the
Law (Zech 11:10-13, Mat 27:8-10).

Whenever we eat the body and drink the blood of our Lord there is no sacrifice
(Heb 7:11-19, 27-28, 10:12, 14). All Christians are in any case priests (1 Pet 2:5,
9) of the order of Melchisedec and so can overcome withering and dying (Rom
8:36-39, Phil 4:13, Heb 2:14, 5:6, 9-10, 6:20, 7:16-28, 1 Pet 2:5, 9). The sacrifices
that Christians do offer are firstly their bodies which are continuously acceptable to
God as part of Salvation (Rom 8:26, 12:1). This sacrifice refers to the Christian’s
pre-existent and eternal state of righteousness or forgiveness, it does not establish
this state (Phil 2:17, Heb 6:6). In addition the Christian’s body is part of Christ’s
perfect body of perfect flesh (Eph 5:30). Secondly they are assorted good works,
these do not pertain to the Christian’s state of righteousness (Phil 4:18, Heb
13:15). As the Christian’s faith is continual so are some of these good works such
as praise by the Christian’s basic spirit (Heb 13:15) and faith itself which is also a
work (Phil 2:17, Jam 2:17, 24, 26).

Appropriation

This is essential to evangelism (Rom 8:19). The default is that Man does not
appropriate (Gen 2:17, 3:24, Psalm 39:11) but the Christian can (Job 16:8, 33:23-
25, Psalm 39:11, 103:5, John 8:51, Rom 4:15, 8:1-2, 10:4). By the exercise of my
choice I choose to believe that I am a Job 33:23 interpreter, a son of the Living
God, a priest of the order of Melchisedec without repentance and the Porter of
Mark 13:34 and John 10:3, who is also a watchman (Mark 13:34). This individual
is also the Overcomer of
Revelation 2:26-28 and 3:21 and the Paradisier (2 Cor 12:4), although I have no
conscious recollection of meeting Paul! He is also John the Baptist and Elias/Elijah
reincarnated - see reincarnation (Mal 3:1-3, Mat 17:11, Mark 9:12). Again I have